Hannah Camilleri

To spare my friends from my pub corner monologues, I’ve finally done what everyone in SW1 eventually does and published some writing. My first essay? Why do so many women on Labour’s front bench have the same haircut? The Labour Right Bob: open.substack.com/pub/hannahcami…

Fair column

Jack Crozier, whose sister Emma was killed, said: "Rupert Lowe’s father had his pistols taken away. My father had his daughter taken away. "He knew exactly what happened at Dunblane... the people of Great Yarmouth need to consider if this is who they want representing them."

@RupertLowe10 describes Dunblane to Joe Rogan in his podcast as “a murder up in Dunblane.” Joe Rogan replies, “One murder?” Lowe answers: “One murder.” One murder? Sixteen kids and their teacher were murdered. Fifteen other primary school children were wounded. My children’s school, about fifteen minutes from Dunblane, was locked down that day. They’ll never forget being kept in the gym hall until everyone learned the gunman was dead. They’ll never forget the teachers trying to hold themselves together while reassuring frightened children. To reduce that atrocity to “one murder” is deeply insulting. It wasn’t a single murder. It was a mass murder. In a primary school. Almost as disturbing was the tone – one of disbelief, even mockery, that anyone could respond by tightening gun laws. This wasn’t some obscure historical event. It happened in 1996, when Lowe was 38 years old. He should have known what happened on that terrifying day in Dunblane. For anyone who remembers that day, hearing it dismissed so casually is genuinely shocking. open.spotify.com/episode/1f6tXa…

Thanks to this @electoralreform post by Hannah Camilleri for most of the sources electoral-reform.org.uk/what-has-andy-…

@JohnRentoul @electoralreform Very welcome John 🫡

Researching today’s article on Andy Burnham’s flexi-politics I retraced his views on electoral reform since 2010, when he led cabinet opposition to working with the Lib Dems after the election produced a hung parliament

This entire article is a prime example of why the political system is broken. Cabinets are picked on the basis of patronage, reward for loyalty, factional considerations and the need to massage the egos of so-called “big beasts”. Imagine how much better government would function if the best people were put in the right jobs.

samantha niblett (“summer of sex” mp) being invited to the listening party for the new madonna album hosted by grindr is kind of the most iconic thing ever…how can you not say mother

Westminster might have a drinking problem. It might also have a socialising problem. My latest essay: When did the political party get so boring? Read here: tinyurl.com/hky8mww9

@LucyJMcDaid Yesss would love to see this especially as regional reporting is always in the firing line for budget cuts, could help stem the tide

Maybe controversial but what if Andy Burnham decides to take questions from the Westminster lobby but also journalists from all over the country Currently regional journos are lucky to get more than 5 mins once or twice a year with a PM and it would be refreshing to see an administration massively diversify its media strategy This is not to take away from the importance of the Westminster lobby but the idea that political journalism only comes from SW1 is silly

Ellen bang on here about the changes in political comms

@algorecrave Well in Ellen! Great article 👏

i wrote for labourlist about how digital comms has changed and what labour needs to do to not get left behind 🤞 labourlist.org/2026/06/the-ne…

Fucking insane quote

Have written about one of the simplest but most cardinal lessons of the Starmer premiership: you have to actually enjoy practising politics- and appear to do so. In the end, if you abhor politics, politics will come to abhor you. open.substack.com/pub/goodalland…

Be the Britain that the Kremlin thinks we are

They've Labour Bobbed Louise Haigh

a 27th bob has hit the parliamentary Labour Party

The Labour bob™️ comes for them all

Makerfield has everyone in Westminster talking about the political performance of local authenticity. However, I'm stuck on one performance that seems to have disappeared entirely: the political spouse. Is the political wife dead? Link below 👇